The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-24
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHARLES GIBBs, Chairman.

On motion of Supervisor McLauchlan,
the claims of overseers of the poor, from
which said committee asked 10 be relieved,
We're ordered paid.
The following reports, submitted by the
committee on pauper claims, were also
adopted:
Mr. Chairman, de- We hereby submit
our annual report of the county asylum,
Jail, and INDECENT sick of the city of OF
tawa:
There has be en- DO unusual amount Of
sickness In either pluce
The sanitary condition OF the town has
been above the average OF cities OF It's size;
probably, largely due 10 its excellent water
supply.
The Jail Is in as excellent a sanitary con-
dtion as II is possible, from It's faulty con
struction In manner OF heating, ventilation,
and culinary department
The addition of the ice house 10 the asy-
lum has been grand improvement 10 that
institution; thereby furnishing means for
the preservation Of meat, not only in an
economic point, but also by giving more
healthfui article of diet.
The number remaining at the last report
was ll3. Admitted since, 1872; discharged,
10l; died, 10; births, 3. Making the total
cared for during the year, 255.
The percentage of deaths per 100, Is
10.
The causes of death are as follows In
sane, g. including epileptics; CARCINOMA,
.; general debility and cid age, .; injury,
2-One from n fracture of the hip joint in
m old gentleman, and one from being
burned about the chest; gangrene of the
leg, | pneumonia /
The food qualify aud personal care of
that class Of Inmates VINO, from unavoida-
bic accident, improvidence, intemperance,
and perniciOus habits, have been obliged 10
seek the asylum for II home has been all
that can he reasonably asked NJ the hands
of charitable public.
There is another class whom, for the
want Of better accommodations, the county
has been obliged 20 furnish quarters with
the first mentioned parties--a class whose
disability appeals 10 our tenderest sympa-
thy: | refer to the insane.
In the last ten years, 355 have had a
hearing before our County Court and de-
clared insane, making an average, in round
numbers, of TO every 800 inhabitants of
the county, annually
Two years ago the State relieved the
asylums of all, or nearly al, of their in
sane But in consequence of the failure of
the State to furnish sufficient quarters,
those institutions becoming overcrowded,
they were obliged TO refuse additional pa
tients unless relieved by an equal number
in the asylum, so that AZ the present report
we have twenty-f0ur incura6les 10 the
county asylum.
Believing as we do, that the care
Of this class should lie placed upon
entirely n better and different footing
from those in the ordinary asylum for
the INDECENT, On footing similar per-
haps 10 our State institutions for the
care Of like individuals, we feel that we
would be negligent of our duty did We not
appeal 20 your generous natures to carefully
consider this subject, asking OF you, the
Board OF Supervisors OF the large and
wealthy county OF La Sale, 20 begin 10
cast about you. evolve and mature plans
looking TO the care Of all our insane.
The present mode Is inhuman and dis
tressing in this A party is declared insane
pending admittance TO the State institution,
they are sent 10 the county asylum; the pa
tient Is in violent state of delirium, and,
with no suitable quarters or attendants, he
Is there kept for days, awaiting an answer
from Kankakee or Elgin, made necessary
by the authority vested in the superintend.
ents of these institutions as 10 the admis-
sion of such patient The amount of suf-
fering endured by such patients is often
most distressing. The plans of admission
oughtto be corrected by law, so that as soon
AS declared insane they would tie taken TO
the State asylum. If this cannot be done,
then duty involves upon this board COM
mensurate with proper and humane care
of this most important class of all human
beings
All of which is respectively submitted.
r, +. DYER, NJ. ID.
J. G. HATHAWAY, NJ. d.
Kr. Chairman, dc. Your committee
would recommend that DR. Dyer and DR..
Hathaway be appointed physicians tor the
county asylum, county jail, and town of
Ottawa: that DR.. j. NJ. Hess be appointed
physician for the towns of Bruce, Eagle,
and Otter Creek; and that DR.. c. F. Ma
gar be appointed physician for the town of
LaSalle.
That DR.. Dyer and DR.. Hathaway receive
1925 per year for such services; that Or.
J. NJ. Hess receive $50 per month for his
services; and that DIR. G. +. Magyar receive
$3.50 per year for his services.
REPORT OF T. c. GIBSON, COUNTY AGENT.
Balance. IS per last report I5ls
Received nom all ether sources. aSas.
Paid out per vouchers. ASA Sc